 w wikitext wikitext markup -- making your page look the way you want -- this is the part everybody wants therefore transcluded and not just linked -- you can see some more detailed examples at help wiki markup examples if you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm you can do so in the ns 4 sandbox basic text formatting border 1 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 0 - what it looks like what you type - you can  emphasize text  by putting two apostrophes on each side three apostrophes will emphasize it  strongly  five apostrophes is  even stronger  you can  emphasize text  by putting two apostrophes on each side three apostrophes will emphasize it  strongly  five apostrophes is  even stronger  - a single newline has no effect on the layout but an empty line starts a new paragraph a single newline has no effect on the layout but an empty line starts a new paragraph - you can break lines without starting a new paragraph please use this sparingly you can break lines without starting a new paragraph please use this sparingly - you should sign your comments on talk pages three tildes gives your user name user karl wick karl wick four tildes give your user name plus date time user karl wick karl wick 07 46 27 november 2005 utc five tildes gives the date time alone 07 46 27 november 2005 utc you should sign your comments on talk pages three tildes gives your user name four tildes give your user name plus date time five tildes gives the date time alone - you can use html tags too if you want some useful ways to use html put text in a typewriter font the same font is generally used for computer code strike out or underline text or write it in small caps superscripts and subscripts x 2 x 2 invisible comments that only appear while editing the page -- note to editors blah blah blah -- comments should usually go on the talk page though you can use html tags too if you want some useful ways to use html put text in a typewriter font the same font is generally used for computer code strike out or underline text or write it in small caps superscripts and subscripts x 2 x 2 invisible comments that only appear while editing the page -- note to editors blah blah blah -- comments should usually go on the talk page though for a list of html tags that are allowed see help html in wikitext html in wikitext however you should avoid html in favor of wiki markup whenever possible organizing your writing border 1 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 0 - what it looks like what you type - section headings headings organize your writing into sections the wiki software can automatically generate a help table of contents table of contents from them subsection using more equals signs creates a subsection a smaller subsection don't skip levels like from two to four equals signs start with two equals signs; don't use single equals signs section headings section headings section headings headings organize your writing into sections the wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them subsection using more equals signs creates a subsection a smaller subsection don't skip levels like from two to four equals signs start with two equals signs; don't use single equals signs -  unordered help list list lists  are easy to do start every line with a star more stars indicate a deeper level a newline in a list marks the end of the list of course you can start again  unordered lists  are easy to do start every line with a star more stars indicate a deeper level a newline in a list marks the end of the list of course you can start again - # numbered lists are also good ## very organized ## easy to follow a newline marks the end of the list #new numbering starts with 1 # numbered lists are also good ## very organized ## easy to follow a newline marks the end of the list #new numbering starts with 1 - you can even do mixed lists # and nest them # or break lines in lists you can even do mixed lists # and nest them # or break lines in lists - another kind of list is a  definition list  ; word definition of the word ; longer phrase phrase defined another kind of list is a  definition list  ; word definition of the word ; longer phrase phrase defined - a colon indents a line or paragraph a newline after that starts a new paragraph this is often used for discussion on help talk page talk page pages a colon indents a line or paragraph a newline after that starts a new paragraph this is often used for discussion on talk pages - you can make w horizontal dividing line horizontal dividing line lines to separate text ---- but you should usually use sections instead so that they go in the table of contents you can make horizontal dividing lines to separate text ---- but you should usually use sections instead so that they go in the table of contents links you will often want to make clickable  links  to other pages border 1 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 0 - what it looks like what you type - here here's a link to a page named official position you can even say official position positions and the link will show up correctly you can put formatting around a link example   wikipedia   the  first letter  will automatically be capitalized so wikipedia goes to the same place as wikipedia capitalization matters after the first letter this is not the case with wiktionary where every letter is case-sensitive - see apollo and apollo as an example the weather in london is a page that doesn't exist yet you can create it by clicking on the link but for the purposes of this demonstration please don't here here's a link to a page named official position you can even say official position positions and the link will show up correctly you can put formatting around a link example   wikipedia   the  first letter  will automatically be capitalized so wikipedia is the same as wikipedia capitalization matters after the first letter the weather in london is a page that doesn't exist yet you can create it by clicking on the link but for the purposes of this demonstration please don't - you can link to a page section by its title list of cities by country#morocco list of cities by country#sealand if multiple sections have the same title add a number #example section 3 goes to the third section named example section you can link to a page section by its title list of cities by country#morocco list of cities by country#sealand if multiple sections have the same title add a number #example section 3 goes to the third section named example section - you can make a link point to a different place with a help piped link piped link put the link target first then the pipe character then the link text help link about links list of cities by country#morocco cities in morocco you can make a link point to a different place with a help piped link piped link put the link target first then the pipe character then the link text help link about links list of cities by country#morocco cities in morocco - you can make an external link just by typing a url you can give it a title nupedia or leave the title blank you can make an external link just by typing a url you can give it a title nupedia or leave the title blank - you can help redirect redirect the user to another page with a special link for example you might want to redirect w usa usa to w united states united states #redirect united states - help category category links don't show up but add the page to a category category english documentation add an extra colon to actually link to the category category english documentation category links don't show up but add the page to a category category english documentation add an extra colon to actually link to the category category english documentation - the wiki reformats linked dates to match the reader reader's date preferences these three dates will show up the same if you choose a format in your special preferences preferences july 20 1969 20 july 1969 1969 - 07-20 the wiki reformats linked dates to match the reader reader's date preferences these three dates will show up the same if you choose a format in your special preferences july 20 1969 20 july 1969 1969 - 07-20 just show what i typed a few different kinds of formatting will tell the wiki to display things as you typed them border 1 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 0 - style width 8em what it looks like what you type -  &lt;nowiki&gt; tags  the nowiki tag ignores wiki  markup  it reformats text by removing newlines and multiple spaces it still interprets special characters &rarr; &lt;nowiki&gt; the nowiki tag ignores wiki  markup  it reformats text by removing newlines and multiple spaces it still interprets special characters &amp;rarr; &lt; nowiki&gt; -  &lt;pre&gt; tags  the pre tag ignores wiki  markup  it also doesn't reformat text it still interprets special characters &rarr; the pre tag ignores wiki  markup  it also doesn't reformat text it still interprets special characters &amp;rarr; -  leading spaces  leading spaces are another way to preserve formatting putting a space at the beginning of each line stops the text from being reformatted it still interprets wiki  markup  and special characters &rarr; leading spaces are another way to preserve formatting putting a space at the beginning of each line stops the text from being reformatted it still interprets wiki  markup  and special characters &amp;rarr; images tables video and sounds this is a very quick introduction for more information see help images and other uploaded files for how to upload files help extended image syntax for how to arrange images on the page help table for how to create a table border 1 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 0 - what it looks like what you type - a picture including alternate text wiki the logo for this wiki you can put the image in a frame with a caption wiki frame the logo for this wiki a picture including alternate text wiki the logo for this wiki you can put the image in a frame with a caption wiki frame the logo for this wiki - a link to wikipedia wikipedia's page for the image image wiki png or a link directly to the image itself media wiki png a link to wikipedia wikipedia's page for the image image wiki png or a link directly to the image itself media wiki png - use  media   links to link to sounds or videos media sg_mrob ogg a sound file use  media   links to link to sounds or videos media sg_mrob ogg a sound file - border 1 cellspacing 0 cellpadding 5 this is - a -- much less intuitive than a standard html --  table  border 1 cellspacing 0 cellpadding 5 this is - a  table  templates   help template templates   are segments of wiki markup that are meant to be copied automatically transcluded into a page you add them by putting the template template's name in double braces some templates take  parameters  as well which you separate with the pipe character border 1 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 0 - what it looks like what you type - transclusion demo transclusion demo - this template takes two parameters and creates underlined text with a hover box h title this is the hover text hover your mouse over this text go to template h title this page to see the h title template itself this template takes two parameters and creates underlined text with a hover box h title this is the hover text hover your mouse over this text go to template h title this page to see the h title template itself 